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Multinational label of US origin; also appears as "[i]United Artists[/i]" or "[i]UA[/i]" only. Label code: LC 0379 / LC 00379. For all unofficial / bootleg release of this label please see [l161866]. For the record company see [l=United Artists Records Inc.], for the publishing company see [l=United Artists Music Co., Inc.] [b]History[/b] 1958: United Artists Records, a subsidiary of the United Artists film studio, was founded by movie producer [a=Max E. Youngstein] initially to distribute records of its own soundtracks. It soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres. 1960: [l=United Artists Ultra Audio], a label for special wide ranged stereo recording, was introduced. US mono releases commonly mention the [l=Wall To Wall Sound] series & the cat# prefix WW. US stereo releases [l=Wall To Wall Stereo] series and the WWS cat# prefix. 1967: In May the [l=Transamerica Corporation] acquired 95,7 % of [l=United Artists Records, Inc.], as mentioned on the front page of Billboard 30. Sept. 1967. The 'Unart' label was revived as a budget label in September. 1968: [l=Liberty] bought by [l=Transamerica Corporation] in June. Both labels got under one umbrella now. 1971: [l=Liberty] was shut down and merged into UA. 1979: After successful years in the 1970s, especially in the jazz and mainstream pop branches, United Artists Records was bought by UA executives [a=Artie Mogull] and Jerry Rubinstein from the holding company [l=Transamerica Corporation]. When United Artists Records lost the distribution deal with [l=Jet Records] and with it the whole sales of the [a=Electric Light Orchestra] in the same year, the company was swallowed by the [l=EMI Group]. 1980: [l=EMI] revived the [l=Liberty] label, transferred all UA-Artists and closed down the label in the same year. [b]International[/b] Belgium: represented by [l=S.A. Fonior N.V.] between ca. 1961-1964, afterwards by [l=S.A. Gramophone N.V.] Netherlands: manufactured by [l=Philips Phonografische Industrie] between ca. 1960-1963, represented by [l=Artone Gramofoonplaten] between 1964-1969 and by [l=Bovema] afterwards. UK: distributed by [l=E.M.I. Records Limited] until approximately middle of 1968, when the company changed to [l=Liberty Records Limited].